2020

YAKIMA, WA – A female pedestrian was seriously injured after a driver in a stolen vehicle struck her near 6th Avenue and Gordon Road on Saturday. According to KIMA, the driver fled the scene but was soon after captured by police. Police are not sure if the victim and suspect knew each other or...

NACHES, WA – An employee of Yakima County Fire District #3 died while riding a motorized scooter that was struck by a pickup truck last Thursday. YakTriNews reports that the victim, Scott "Scooter" Lounsbury, turned into the path of an oncoming pickup truck at the intersection of Sinclair Avenue and East 2nd Street in...

YAKIMA, WA – Two people were injured after a suspected drunk driver ran a stop sign and hit their vehicle at the intersection of 40th Ave and Chestnut Ave on Sunday afternoon. According to News Talk KIT, police responded to the accident around 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Witnesses told police the driver of a BMW...

YAKIMA COUNTY, WA – The woman who was run over and killed by an officer driving a Yakima County Sheriff's vehicle has been identified as 44-year-old Jamie L. Jackson. The accident happened around 10 p.m. on Halloween night at the intersection of Fort Road at Becker Road. Jackson, a Toppenish resident, was taken to Astria...

TOPPENISH, WA – A woman died Saturday night after being run over by a Yakima County Sheriff's vehicle while lying in the street at the intersection of Fort Road and Becker Road. According to KOMO News, first responders arrived at the scene at around 10 p.m. The unidentified woman was transported to Astria Toppenish...

MOXEE, WA (YAKIMA COUNTY) – A woman died in a three-vehicle collision on SR-24 in Moxee Wednesday afternoon, according to YakTriNews. The accident occurred near the intersection of SR-24 and Rivard Road at about 4 p.m. when 28-year-old Christie A. Cox, of Moxee, drove a Toyota Corolla into the path of a semi-truck. The...

YAKIMA, WA – Parts of Yakima Canyon Road have been closed in response to the rapidly spreading Evans Canyon Fire, which has now burned up to 52,000 acres of land. According to KIMA, State Route 821 is closed from milepost 3 to milepost 24. This roughly extends from Yakima to Ellensburg. Washington State Patrol...